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1) Y Combinator

Y Combinator

Y Combinator is a leading accelerator and venture capital providing mentorship and funding to companies across all sectors.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Mountain View
  • Started in: 2005
  • Founders: Jessica Livingston, Lucas Thomaz, Paul Graham, Raffaele Colella, Robert Morris, Trevor Blackwell
  • Industries: Enterprise, SaaS, Big Data & Analytics, Productivity, DTC, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain & Logistics, Education, Consumer, Food & Beverage, Gaming, Future of Work, Social, Transportation, Travel & Hospitality, AR & VR, Healthcare, Health & Wellness, Biotech, Fintech, InsurTech, Industrial, Aerospace & Space, Climate & Sustainability, Robotics, Government Technology, Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Legal, Marketing, Agriculture, Automative, Energy
  • Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Minimum check size: $500,000
  • Number of investments: 4469
  • Number of exits: 444
  • 3 remarkable investments: Coinbase, Twitch, Reddit

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@ycombinator.com.

2) Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm focusing on consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, Israel
  • City: Tel Aviv-Yafo, San Francisco
  • Started in: 2000
  • Founders: Barry Eggers, Christopher Schaepe, Peter Nieh, Ravi Mhatre
  • Industries: Consumer, Enterprise, Health & Wellness, Crypto & Blockchain, Fintech, DTC, Education, Media, Social, SaaS, Big Data & Analytics, Biotech, Infrastructure
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed
  • Minimum check size: $1,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $50,000,000
  • Number of investments: 1169
  • Number of exits: 207
  • Funds raised: $18,900,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Grubhub, Zscaler, Setu

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@lsvp.com.

3) Benchmark Capital

Benchmark Capital

Benchmark Capital specialises in helping founders build digital wealth management solutions.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: San Francisco, Woodside
  • Started in: 1995
  • Founders: Bob Kagle, Bruce Dunlevie Andy Rachleff, Kevin Harvey
  • Industries: Cybersecurity, Hardware, Social, Marketplace, Cloud, Consumer, DTC, Infrastructure, SaaS
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed
  • Minimum check size: $1,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $15,000,000
  • Number of investments: 799
  • Number of exits: 313
  • Funds raised: $2,500,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Twitter, Wework, Snap Inc

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at pfenton@benchmark.com.

4) Qiming Venture Partners

Qiming Venture Partners

Qiming Venture Partners is a Chinese venture capital investing in the TMT and healthcare industries at the Series A stage.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: China, USA
  • City: Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Suzhou, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco
  • Started in: 2006
  • Founders: Duane Kuang, Gary Rieschel
  • Industries: Healthcare, Biotech, Internet & Mobile, Social, Media
  • Stages: Early Stage, Series A
  • Number of investments: 777
  • Number of exits: 68
  • Funds raised: $11,500,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Bilibili, Meituan, Schrödinger

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at contactus@qimingvc.com.

5) Artesian

Artesian

Artesian is an international investment firm providing early to growth stage capital to technology companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Singapore, Australia, China, Indonesia, United Kingdom, USA
  • City: Sydney, Adelaide, London, New York, Jakarta, Melbourne, Shanghai, Singapore
  • Started in: 2004
  • Founders: Jeremy Colless, Matthew Clunies-Ross, John Mccartney
  • Industries: Agriculture, AI & ML, Climate & Sustainability, IoT, Robotics, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Crypto & Blockchain, Hardware, Supply Chain & Logistics, Education, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Gaming, Entertainment, Human Resources, Marketing, Advertising, Social
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Minimum check size: $750,000
  • Maximum check size: $1,500,000
  • Number of investments: 688
  • Number of exits: 140
  • Funds raised: $65,500,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Hillridge Technology, Swoop Aero, 5B

You can find their website here.

6) Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners invest in startups across consumer technology, B2B, enterprise, fintech and many others in the USA, India and China.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: India, USA, China
  • City: Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, San Francisco, Boston, Palo Alto, Beijing, Shanghai
  • Started in: 1977
  • Founders: Paul J. Ferri
  • Industries: Healthcare, Fintech, Enterprise, SaaS, E-Commerce, Media, Social, Gaming, Travel & Hospitality, Transportation, Education
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Minimum check size: $100,000
  • Maximum check size: $10,000,000
  • Number of investments: 626
  • Number of exits: 145
  • Funds raised: $2,600,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Apple, Zendesk, Hubspot

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@matrixpartners.in.

7) Seed Camp

Seed Camp

Seedcamp is a European startup fund that seeks investments in early-stage entrepreneurs who are targeting worldwide markets.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • City: London
  • Started in: 2007
  • Founders: Reshma Sohoni, Carlos Espinal
  • Industries: SaaS, Robotics, AI & ML, Crypto & Blockchain, Cloud, Infrastructure, Big Data & Analytics, Developer Tools, E-Commerce, Education, Future of Work, Fintech, Productivity, Gaming, Human Resources, InsurTech, IoT, Marketing, Advertising, Marketplace, Media, Creator Economy, Proptech & Real Estate, Cybersecurity, Social, Travel & Hospitality
  • Stages: Seed
  • Minimum check size: £300,000
  • Maximum check size: £500,000
  • Number of investments: 612
  • Number of exits: 159
  • Funds raised: £78,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Hopin, Wise, Revolut

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@seedcamp.com.

8) InterWest Partners

InterWest Partners

Interwest is an American venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies since 1979.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Santa Clara
  • Started in: 1979
  • Founders: Keval Desai
  • Industries: Biotech, Life Sciences, Advertising, E-Commerce, Big Data & Analytics, Cloud, SaaS, Consumer, Internet & Mobile, Social
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Minimum check size: $10,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $15,000,000
  • Number of investments: 561
  • Number of exits: 286
  • Funds raised: $260,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Chingari, Liberty Wines, Totango

You can find their website here.

9) DCM

DCM

With offices in America and Asia, DCM is a global venture capital investing in seed, early and mid-stage tech startups.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, China, Japan
  • City: Beijing, Tokyo, San Francisco
  • Started in: 1996
  • Founders: David Chao, Dixon Doll,
  • Industries: Internet & Mobile, Consumer, Social, Gaming, SaaS
  • Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Series A
  • Minimum check size: $500,000
  • Maximum check size: $2,000,000
  • Number of investments: 400
  • Number of exits: 56
  • Funds raised: $25,000,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: 51Job, 58.Com, Fortinet

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at businessplan@dcm.com.

10) Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in the power of the internet through technology companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: New York
  • Started in: 2003
  • Founders: Brad Burnham, Fred Wilson
  • Industries: Climate & Sustainability, Consumer, Crypto & Blockchain, Education, Enterprise, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Hardware, Health & Wellness, AI & ML, Media, Proptech & Real Estate, Future of Work, Developer Tools, DTC, Creator Economy, Gaming, InsurTech, Marketplace, Social, Transportation, Advertising, Infrastructure
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Minimum check size: $500,000
  • Maximum check size: $5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 396
  • Number of exits: 54
  • Funds raised: $2,500,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Coinbase, Twitter, Cloudflare

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@unionsquareventures.com.

11) Western Technology Investment

Western Technology Investment

WTI is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm, that provides debt and equity capital to technology and life science companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Portola Valley
  • Started in: 1980
  • Founders: Ron Swenson
  • Industries: Climate & Sustainability, Consumer, Education, Enterprise, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Hardware, Health & Wellness, Travel & Hospitality, Media, Gaming, Proptech & Real Estate, Social, Transportation, Future of Work, InsurTech, Infrastructure
  • Stages: Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed
  • Number of investments: 380
  • Number of exits: 128
  • Funds raised: $375,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Meta, Planet, Ansys

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@westerntech.com.

12) Institutional Venture Partners

Institutional Venture Partners

IVP is a late-stage venture capital providing funding to rapidly-growing technology companies such as Slack, Snap Inc, Twitter and Coinbase.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 1980
  • Founders: Reid Dennis
  • Industries: Media, SaaS, Enterprise, Internet & Mobile, Crypto & Blockchain, Productivity, Fintech, Big Data & Analytics, Social
  • Stages: Late Stage
  • Minimum check size: $1,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $7,000,000
  • Number of investments: 369
  • Number of exits: 128
  • Funds raised: $7,400,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Coinbase, Zendesk, Netflix

You can find their website here.

13) Mohr Daviddow Ventures

Mohr Daviddow Ventures

Mohr Davidow Ventures team invest in early-stage technology-based startups where big data and cloud computing are used to create opportunities across verticals like social commerce, healthcare and cleantech.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: San Mateo
  • Started in: 1983
  • Founders: Bill Davidow, Lawrence G. Mohr Jr.
  • Industries: Big Data & Analytics, Internet & Mobile, Cloud, Social, Enterprise, Healthcare, Climate & Sustainability, Fintech
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Series A, Late Stage
  • Minimum check size: $250,000
  • Maximum check size: $1,000,000
  • Number of investments: 304
  • Number of exits: 81
  • Funds raised: $1,300,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Coupa Software, Builddirect, Onclusive

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@mdv.com.

14) August Capital

August Capital

August Capital invest in early-stage startups with innovative underlying technology and founders of entrepreneurial excellence.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 1995
  • Founders: David Marquardt, John Johnston
  • Industries: Consumer, Enterprise, AI & ML, Crypto & Blockchain, DTC, E-Commerce, Supply Chain & Logistics, IoT, Marketplace, Cloud, SaaS, Hardware, Social, Media, Advertising
  • Stages: Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed
  • Minimum check size: $400,000
  • Maximum check size: $1,500,000
  • Number of investments: 283
  • Number of exits: 79
  • Funds raised: $1,400,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Fastly, Mavenir, Zulily

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at businessplans@augustcap.com.

15) Digital Sky Technologies

Digital Sky Technologies

DST Global provide capital support to internet companies in their late stages.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, United Kingdom, China
  • City: London, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, San Francisco
  • Started in: 2009
  • Founders: Yuri Milner, Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, Tom Stafford
  • Industries: Internet & Mobile, Productivity, Social, Enterprise, Fintech, SaaS
  • Stages: Late Stage, Series C
  • Minimum check size: $10,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $100,000,000
  • Number of investments: 239
  • Number of exits: 36
  • Funds raised: $688,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Meta, Flipkart, Twitter

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@dst-global.com.

16) Backstage Capital

Backstage Capital

Backstage Capital is a VC firm focusing on diversity and inclusion by funding women, people of color and LGBT founders.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Arlan Hamilton
  • Industries: AI & ML, AR & VR, Enterprise, Consumer, Crypto & Blockchain, E-Commerce, Education, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Future of Work, Government Technology, Hardware, Healthcare, IoT, Marketplace, Media, Proptech & Real Estate, SaaS, Social, Travel & Hospitality, Automative, Sports, Human Resources
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Minimum check size: $100,000
  • Number of investments: 200
  • Number of exits: 3
  • 3 remarkable investments: Sēkr, Mahmee, Civic Eagle

You can find their website here.

17) Service Provider Capital

Service Provider Capital

Based on Service Provider Capital co-invest with institutional ventures in seed and series A rounds.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Colorado Springs, Midwest City, Texas City, Rocky Mount
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Jody Shepherd, Noah Pittard
  • Industries: Consumer, Crypto & Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Big Data & Analytics, Deep Tech & Hard Science, E-Commerce, Enterprise, Fintech, Hardware, Healthcare, Marketplace, Social, SaaS
  • Stages: Early Stage, Series A, Seed
  • Number of investments: 197
  • Number of exits: 37
  • 3 remarkable investments: The Juice, Ianacare, Codiga

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at founders@serviceprovidercapital.com.

18) Kalaari Capital

Kalaari Capital

Founded in 2006, Kalaari Capital is an early-stage tech VC firm in India.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: India
  • City: Bangalore
  • Started in: 2006
  • Founders: Vani Kola, Rajesh Raju
  • Industries: Climate & Sustainability, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Blockchain, E-Commerce, Education, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Transportation, Healthcare, Social, Travel & Hospitality, Deep Tech & Hard Science, SaaS, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sports
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Minimum check size: $500,000
  • Maximum check size: $5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 194
  • Number of exits: 45
  • Funds raised: $600,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Creative Galileo, Phable, Zocket

You can find their website here.

You can contact them at +91 80-6715-9600.

19) Granite Ventures

Granite Ventures

Granite Ventures was founded in 1992 and since that time has invested over $1 billion to help early-stage businesses.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 1992
  • Founders: Chris Hollenbeck, Jackie Berterretche, Standish O'Grady
  • Industries: SaaS, Education, Consumer, Social, Internet & Mobile, Cloud, Enterprise
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Early Stage, Series B
  • Minimum check size: $500,000
  • Maximum check size: $4,000,000
  • Number of investments: 169
  • Number of exits: 56
  • Funds raised: $500,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Anaplan, Marqeta, Motiv

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@granitevc.com.

20) Alven

Alven

Alven is a French venture capital that provides early-stage capital to European companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: France
  • City: Paris
  • Started in: 2000
  • Founders: Guillaume Aubin, Charles Letourneur
  • Industries: Marketplace, Productivity, Developer Tools, AI & ML, Consumer, Social, Entertainment, Fintech, Health & Wellness
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Maximum check size: €15,000,000
  • Number of investments: 160
  • Number of exits: 70
  • Funds raised: €720,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Bisam, Bime, BirchBox

You can find their website here.

21) EQT Ventures

EQT Ventures

EQT Ventures is a European venture capital company with funds investing exclusively in technology companies that have the potential to scale globally and become market leaders.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden
  • City: San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, London, Stockholm
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Hjalmar Winbladh, Kees Koolen, Lars Jörnow
  • Industries: Cybersecurity, Biotech, Social, Media, E-Commerce, AR & VR, AI & ML, Fintech, Gaming, Internet & Mobile, Developer Tools, Manufacturing, Automative, SaaS
  • Stages: Late Stage, Early Stage
  • Minimum check size: €2,000,000
  • Maximum check size: €50,000,000
  • Number of investments: 153
  • Number of exits: 13
  • Funds raised: €1,400,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Peltarion, Verto Analytics, Nectarine Health

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at hello@eqtventures.com.

22) Crosscut Ventures

Crosscut Ventures

Crosscut Venterus actively invests in tech companies in their seed stages.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Rick Smith, Brian Garrett, Brett Brewer
  • Industries: Transportation, Social, Proptech & Real Estate, Media, Entertainment, Internet & Mobile, Health & Wellness, Gaming, Enterprise, E-Commerce, Crypto & Blockchain, Consumer, Sports, Advertising
  • Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Late Stage
  • Minimum check size: $1,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $3,500,000
  • Number of investments: 145
  • Number of exits: 24
  • Funds raised: $221,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Radius Agent, Teampay, Keyway

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@crosscut.vc.

23) Alven Capital Partners

Alven Capital Partners

Headquartered in Paris, Alven is an early-stage French venture capital funding European startups in its Seed and Series A stages.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: France, United Kingdom
  • City: Paris, London
  • Started in: 2000
  • Founders: Guillaume Aubin
  • Industries: AI & ML, SaaS, Marketplace, Productivity, Social, Entertainment, Developer Tools, Crypto & Blockchain, API, Internet & Mobile, Fintech, InsurTech
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Early Stage
  • Minimum check size: $100,000
  • Maximum check size: $15,000,000
  • Number of investments: 136
  • Number of exits: 69
  • Funds raised: $500,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Kiln, Bunch, Mindee

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at contact@alven.com.

24) R/GA Ventures

R/GA Ventures

Based in NYC, R/GA Ventures provides programs and capital to early-stage startups.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: New York
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Nick Coronges
  • Industries: AI & ML, Big Data & Analytics, Crypto & Blockchain, Consumer, Creator Economy, Enterprise, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, IoT, Media, Social, Energy, Sports
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed
  • Number of investments: 124
  • Number of exits: 16
  • 3 remarkable investments: AgentQ, AiRMAP, Adludio

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at venturespress@rga.com.

25) GGV Capital

GGV Capital

GGV Capital is a venture capital firm that provides local entrepreneurs in China and around the world with essential funding.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, Singapore, China
  • City: San Francisco, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing
  • Started in: 2000
  • Founders: Hany Nada, Joel Kellman, Scott Bonham, Thomas Ng
  • Industries: Enterprise, Social, Internet & Mobile, Biotech, Consumer, DTC, SaaS
  • Stages: Early Stage, Late Stage
  • Minimum check size: $5,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $25,000,000
  • Number of investments: 113
  • Number of exits: 19
  • Funds raised: $7,800,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Zendesk, Draftkings, JD.com

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at jrichards@ggvc.com.

26) Naspers

Naspers

Naspers is a global corporate venture fund investing in internet businesses across the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: South Africa
  • City: Cape Town
  • Started in: 1915
  • Founders: Attorney W. A. Hofmeyr
  • Industries: Supply Chain & Logistics, Fintech, Travel & Hospitality, Education, Healthcare, Social, Internet & Mobile
  • Stages: Early Stage, Late Stage
  • Number of investments: 113
  • Funds raised: $125,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Avito, Brainly, BYJU'S

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at communications@naspers.com.

27) Chapter One Ventures

Chapter One Ventures

Chapter One is a Web3 venture capital firm based in California, US.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Santa Monica
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Jeff Morris Jr.
  • Industries: Crypto & Blockchain, Consumer, Social, Fintech
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Maximum check size: $1,000,000
  • Number of investments: 112
  • Number of exits: 15
  • Funds raised: $40,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Dust Labs, Ponto Software, Portal Labs

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at gm@chapterone.com.

28) Playfair Capital

Playfair Capital

Playfair Capital is a London seed-stage investor since 2013.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • City: London
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Chris Smith
  • Industries: Advertising, Big Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Automation, E-Commerce, Energy, Fintech, Gaming, Healthcare, IoT, Supply Chain & Logistics, Marketplace, Internet & Mobile, Proptech & Real Estate, SaaS, Social, Travel & Hospitality
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Minimum check size: £100,000
  • Maximum check size: £500,000
  • Number of investments: 111
  • Number of exits: 29
  • Funds raised: £32,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Omnipresent, Orca AI, Ravelin

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at hello@playfaircapital.com.

29) Magma Partners

Magma Partners

Magma partners with Latin American entrepreneurs by funding pre-seed to series A companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, Mexico, Colombia
  • City: Santa Monica, Guadalajara, San Andrés
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Diego Philippi, Francisco Sáenz Rica, Nathan Lustig
  • Industries: Consumer, Cybersecurity, DTC, Fintech, Health & Wellness, InsurTech, Supply Chain & Logistics, Marketplace, Media, Proptech & Real Estate, SaaS, Education, Social, Food & Beverage
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Minimum check size: $25,000
  • Maximum check size: $5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 99
  • Number of exits: 3
  • Funds raised: $67,500,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Omnilatam, Listopro, Qvo

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@magmapartners.com.

30) 100X VC

100X VC

Based in India, 100X VC invests and works closely with early-stage startup founders to help them succeed.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: India
  • City: Mumbai
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Sanjay Mehta, Yagnesh Sanghrajka
  • Industries: Agriculture, Enterprise, Consumer, Climate & Sustainability, Creator Economy, Deep Tech & Hard Science, E-Commerce, Education, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Gaming, Hardware, Healthcare, Human Resources, Supply Chain & Logistics, Marketplace, Marketing, SaaS, Social, Crypto & Blockchain
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Minimum check size: ₹12,500,000
  • Number of investments: 80
  • Number of exits: 2
  • Funds raised: ₹5,000,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: FnV Fans, Snug, Ava

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at pitch@100x.vc.

31) Expara Ventures

Expara Ventures

Expara is a Singaporean venture capital firm investing in SouthEast Asian startups since 2007.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Thailand, Vietnam
  • City: Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Started in: 2003
  • Founders: Douglas Abrams
  • Industries: Food & Beverage, IoT, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Travel & Hospitality, Social, Marketplace, Government Technology, Cloud, Proptech & Real Estate, Fintech, AI & ML, Health & Wellness, Gaming, Climate & Sustainability, Education, Hardware, Biotech, API, SaaS, Media, Agriculture, Drones
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Number of investments: 77
  • Number of exits: 9
  • 3 remarkable investments: Gheorg, Systemstone, Compliy

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at inquiries@expara.com.

32) Monk's Hill Ventures

Monk's Hill Ventures

Based in Singapore, Monk's Hill Ventures is an early-stage VC firm primarily investing in series A tech companies in Southeast Asia.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Singapore
  • City: Singapore
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Kuo-Yi Lim, Peng Ong
  • Industries: Healthcare, Fintech, E-Commerce, Education, Social, Human Resources, Cybersecurity, Advertising, Robotics, Supply Chain & Logistics, Devops, Big Data & Analytics, Gaming, AI & ML
  • Stages: Early Stage, Series A
  • Minimum check size: $1,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $3,000,000
  • Number of investments: 72
  • Number of exits: 8
  • Funds raised: $80,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Starboard, Upmesh, Tigerhall

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@monkshill.com.

33) Inbox Capital

Inbox Capital

Founded in Stockholm, Inbox Capital is an investment firm focusing on fintech, medtech, e-sports, B2B SaaS, and deep social networks industries.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Sweden
  • City: Stockholm
  • Started in: 1985
  • Founders: Martin Wattin
  • Industries: Fintech, Healthcare, Sports, Social, Enterprise, SaaS
  • Stages: Growth
  • Number of investments: 72
  • Number of exits: 11
  • Funds raised: $32,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: VOI, Revolut, Truecaller

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at Jessica.ljungqvist@inboxcap.com.

34) Alpana Ventures

Alpana Ventures

Based in Switzerland, Alpana Ventures seeks investment opportunities in deep tech solutions across Switzerland, Europe and the US.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Switzerland
  • City: Geneva
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Nathalie Chemtob, Pascal H. Widmer
  • Industries: Deep Tech & Hard Science, Fintech, Health & Wellness, Enterprise, Social, Cybersecurity, Transportation
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Number of investments: 68
  • Number of exits: 14
  • Funds raised: $3,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Mila, eMoniotr, CrimeoMeter

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@alpana-ventures.ch.

35) Kibo

Kibo

Kibo Ventures is a Spanish venture capital firm financing tech startups in Europe.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Spain, Portugal
  • City: Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Aquilino Peña, Javier Torremocha, José María Amusátegui
  • Industries: Social, API, Fintech, Travel & Hospitality, Transportation, SaaS, Cloud, AI & ML, Big Data & Analytics, E-Commerce, Consumer, Enterprise, Proptech & Real Estate, Marketplace
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Minimum check size: €2,000,000
  • Maximum check size: €5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 63
  • Number of exits: 20
  • Funds raised: €1,500,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Trip4real, Jetlore, Captio

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at hello@kiboventures.com.

36) Evolution Equity Partners

Evolution Equity Partners

Evolution Equity Partners is a global VC firm specialising in information security, B2B SaaS and consumer companies across the US and Europe.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, Switzerland
  • City: New York, Palo Alto, Zürich
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Richard Seewald, Dennis Smith
  • Industries: SaaS, Cybersecurity, Enterprise, AI & ML, Internet & Mobile, Social, Cloud
  • Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Late Stage, Series A, Series B, Growth
  • Minimum check size: $2,000,000
  • Maximum check size: $10,000,000
  • Number of investments: 60
  • Number of exits: 12
  • Funds raised: $400,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: OpenDNS, SecurityScorecard, 60K

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@evolutionequity.com.

37) Reinventure Group Venture Capital Firm

Reinventure Group Venture Capital Firm

Reinventure partners with Westpac Banking Corporation to fund fintech companies targeting the Asia-Pacific region.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Australia
  • City: Sydney
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Danny Gilligan, Simon Cant
  • Industries: AI & ML, Proptech & Real Estate, Crypto & Blockchain, Education, Gaming, Enterprise, Travel & Hospitality, Social, Cybersecurity, Big Data & Analytics
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Number of investments: 58
  • Number of exits: 9
  • Funds raised: $137,300,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Coinbase, SocietyOne, Hmlet

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@reinventure.com.au.

38) Banana Capital

Banana Capital

Based in Michigan, Banana Capital is a global venture capital firm providing pre-seed and seed funding.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Ann Arbor
  • Started in: 2021
  • Founders: Turner Novak, Olivia Deng
  • Industries: Consumer, DTC, Social
  • Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Minimum check size: $250,000
  • Maximum check size: $750,000
  • Number of investments: 58
  • 3 remarkable investments: BeReal, Compound, Peanut

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at turner@bananacapital.vc.

39) Alpha JWC Ventures

Alpha JWC Ventures

Alpha JWC Ventures is an Indonesian venture capital providing early-to-growth capital to startups across Southeast Asia.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Indonesia, Singapore
  • City: Jakarta, Singapore
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Chandra Tjan
  • Industries: Consumer, Enterprise, Social, Fintech, Marketplace, AI & ML, SaaS, E-Commerce, DTC
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Minimum check size: $100,000
  • Maximum check size: $50,000,000
  • Number of investments: 57
  • Number of exits: 5
  • Funds raised: $650,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Agriaku, Pitik, Mangkokku

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@alphajwc.com.

40) Atlantic Labs

Atlantic Labs

Headquartered in Germany, Atlantic Labs invest in startups in health tech, fintech, lifestyle, robotics, community, climate, future of work, big data and mobility domains.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Germany
  • City: Berlin
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Christophe Maire
  • Industries: Future of Work, Big Data & Analytics, Transportation, Healthcare, Fintech, Proptech & Real Estate, Robotics, Social
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed
  • Maximum check size: €5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 48
  • Number of exits: 14
  • 3 remarkable investments: Soundcloud, Bonify, Bunch

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@atlanticlabs.de.

41) Active Venture Partners

Active Venture Partners

Active Venture Partners is an early-stage VC funding European companies in B2B software, B2C, internet, media, communication, cleantech and security industries.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Spain
  • City: Barcelona
  • Started in: 2002
  • Founders: Christopher Pommerening
  • Industries: Advertising, Social, Internet & Mobile, SaaS, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, E-Commerce, Big Data & Analytics
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Series A
  • Number of investments: 46
  • Number of exits: 23
  • Funds raised: $74,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: ODILO, Incubout, Percentil

You can find their website here.

42) Maya Capital

Maya Capital

Maya Capital is a real estate investment firm for European companies since 2014.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Brazil
  • City: São Paulo
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Lara Lemann, Monica Saggioro
  • Industries: Healthcare, InsurTech, Proptech & Real Estate, Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS, Food & Beverage, Supply Chain & Logistics, Internet & Mobile, E-Commerce, Education, AI & ML, Cybersecurity, Social, Crypto & Blockchain
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Series A
  • Number of investments: 34
  • Number of exits: 1
  • Funds raised: £100,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Gupy, Divibank, Treble.Ai

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at contact@maya.capital.

43) Progression Fund

Progression Fund

Progression is a consumer-focused venture fund investing in gaming, entertainment, social commerce, marketplaces, and the future of work, wellness and education industries.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, Japan
  • City: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo
  • Started in: 2020
  • Founders: Matt Lee
  • Industries: Social, Gaming, Entertainment, Consumer, Marketplace, Health & Wellness, Future of Work, Education
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Number of investments: 28
  • Number of exits: 1
  • Funds raised: $3,500,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Flavrs, Atmosfy, Odela

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at matt@progression.fund.

44) ProVenture Seed

ProVenture Seed

Based in Norway, ProVenture is a Norwegian seed and early-stage tech investor.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Norway
  • City: Trondheim, Stavanger
  • Started in: 2006
  • Founders: Hans Olav Torsen, Herbjørn Skjervold
  • Industries: Climate & Sustainability, Social, Supply Chain & Logistics, Big Data & Analytics, SaaS, Energy
  • Stages: Seed, Early Stage
  • Maximum check size: $1,000,000
  • Number of investments: 27
  • Number of exits: 40
  • Funds raised: $154,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Visavi, Defibrio, Numascale

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at post@proventure.no.

45) Day One Capital

Day One Capital

Day One Capital is a Hungarian venture capital firm targeting CEE startups.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Hungary
  • City: Budapest
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Elek Straub, Csaba Kákosy, György Simó
  • Industries: Consumer, Gaming, Social, Healthcare, Robotics, SaaS, Cloud
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Minimum check size: €300,000
  • Maximum check size: €1,500,000
  • Number of investments: 27
  • Number of exits: 8
  • Funds raised: €34,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Gamee, On robot, Statzup

You can find their website here.

46) Rhodium

Rhodium

Rhodium backs serial entrepreneurs in building tech companies in the AI, Impact, social, mobile, and commerce spaces.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Israel
  • City: Herẕliyya
  • Started in: 1999
  • Founders: Daniel Recanati
  • Industries: AI & ML, Internet & Mobile, Social, DTC
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed
  • Number of investments: 26
  • Number of exits: 12
  • 3 remarkable investments: eToro, Face.com, Frequants

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at startups@rhodium.co.il.

47) Powerhouse Ventures

Powerhouse Ventures

Powerhouse Ventures is a US-based VC firm investing in Indian consumer tech and mobile internet companies.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Washington
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Kshitij Golwalkar, Sri Peddu
  • Industries: Marketplace, Internet & Mobile, Social, Healthcare, SaaS, Education
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Number of investments: 24
  • Number of exits: 3
  • 3 remarkable investments: Khabri, Omniflo, Gamezop

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at connect@powerhouseventures.com.

48) Miroma Ventures

Miroma Ventures

Miroma Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund providing growth equity for consumer brands and media platforms.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, United Kingdom
  • City: London, Los Angeles
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Marc Boyan
  • Industries: Food & Beverage, E-Commerce, Social, Media, Consumer, DTC, Marketing
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Minimum check size: $250,000
  • Maximum check size: $5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 23
  • Number of exits: 5
  • 3 remarkable investments: ClassPass, Cedar, Pinterest

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@miromaventures.com.

49) Chaac Ventures

Chaac Ventures

Chaac Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm exclusively investing in tech founders who studied at Princeton University.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: Santa Monica
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Luke Armour
  • Industries: Media, Big Data & Analytics, Transportation, Entertainment, Social, Crypto & Blockchain, Deep Tech & Hard Science, Fintech, Health & Wellness
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed
  • Minimum check size: $250,000
  • Maximum check size: $1,000,000
  • Number of investments: 21
  • Number of exits: 1
  • 3 remarkable investments: FiscalNote, Hiki, Goodwork

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@chaacventures.com.

50) Bass Investment

Bass Investment

BASS Investment is a sector-agnostic Korean venture capital providing early-stage funding.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: South Korea
  • City: Seoul
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Daniel Shin, Jeong-In Hong, Jun-Year Kang
  • Industries: E-Commerce, SaaS, Entertainment, Fintech, AI & ML, Social, Healthcare, Deep Tech & Hard Science, Proptech & Real Estate, Gaming, Crypto & Blockchain
  • Stages: Early Stage, Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Number of investments: 19
  • Number of exits: 1
  • Funds raised: $150,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Wholesum Brands, Boosters, Ourspace

You can find their website here.

51) Granatus Ventures

Granatus Ventures

With its extensive international network, Granatus Ventures backs founders targeting global markets in social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies industries.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Singapore, United Kingdom, Armenia
  • City: Singapore, London, Yerevan
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Manuk Hergnyan, Pierre Hennes, Yervand Sarkisyan
  • Industries: Social, Internet & Mobile, Big Data & Analytics, Cloud
  • Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Series A
  • Number of investments: 16
  • Number of exits: 2
  • Funds raised: $40,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Gg, Sololearn, Menu Group

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@granatusventures.com.

52) Cornerstone VC

Cornerstone VC

Cornerstone is a black-led venture capital firm investing in startups led by diverse teams in the UK.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • City: London
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Edwin Appiah, Rodney Appiah, Wilfred Fianko
  • Industries: Supply Chain & Logistics, Proptech & Real Estate, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Climate & Sustainability, Human Resources, Productivity, Future of Work, Enterprise, SaaS, Big Data & Analytics, Cybersecurity, Crypto & Blockchain, E-Commerce, Marketplace, Advertising, Marketing, Social
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Minimum check size: £250,000
  • Maximum check size: £1,000,000
  • Number of investments: 14
  • Number of exits: 0
  • Funds raised: £20,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Checkboard, Hutch, PlusHeat

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at team@cornerstonevc.co.

53) Modus Capital

Modus Capital

Modus Capital provides early to mid-stage capital to startups in the MENA region.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA
  • City: New York
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Kareem Elsirafy
  • Industries: Fintech, Healthcare, SaaS, AR & VR, Social
  • Stages: Early Stage, Seed, Series A, Late Stage
  • Minimum check size: $50,000
  • Maximum check size: $1,000,000
  • Number of investments: 12
  • Number of exits: 3
  • Funds raised: $125,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Biorestore Health, Chappme, Ogram

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at comms@modus.vc.

54) DC Ventures

DC Ventures

DC Ventures invests in pre-seed startups across multiple sectors including fintech, e-commerce, media, experience economy, social media and IoT.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: USA, Ireland, Argentina
  • City: Washington, Dublin, Buenos Aires
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Emily Sarah Hersh, Jonathan Rivas, Kyran Culhane
  • Industries: Fintech, E-Commerce, Media, IoT, Food & Beverage, Gaming, Social
  • Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Minimum check size: $10,000
  • Maximum check size: $100,000
  • Number of investments: 12
  • Number of exits: 2
  • Funds raised: $1,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Wambloc, Partsearch Technologies

You can find their website here.

55) Lanta Digital Ventures

Lanta Digital Ventures

Lanta Digital Ventures is a Spanish venture capital investing in early-stage European startups.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Spain
  • City: Barcelona
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Ángel García
  • Industries: Internet & Mobile, Advertising, E-Commerce, Gaming, Media, Social, Healthcare, Big Data & Analytics
  • Stages: Seed, Early Stage
  • Number of investments: 9
  • Number of exits: 4
  • Funds raised: $1,200,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Populetic, Traity, Apartum

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at investors@lantacapital.com.

56) TBT Partners

TBT Partners

TBT Partners is a Korean venture capital firm backing global consumer-focused startups.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: South Korea
  • City: Seoul
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Ram Lee
  • Industries: Consumer, Social, Entertainment, Media, Creator Economy, Internet & Mobile, DTC
  • Stages: Early Stage, Series A
  • Number of investments: 8
  • Funds raised: $240,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Dive Studios, Wave, Monolabs

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@tbt.partners.

57) Afvest Invest

Afvest Invest

Founded in 2012, Afvest invests in opportunities in East Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Kenya
  • City: Nairobi
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: David Ngaine
  • Industries: Proptech & Real Estate, Fintech, Education, E-Commerce, Social, Productivity, Internet & Mobile, Energy
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Number of investments: 7
  • Funds raised: $2,100,000

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@afvest.co.

58) ALSA Ventures

ALSA Ventures

Life Science venture capital firm ASLA Ventures is focused on investing in innovative and novel therapeutics in their early stages.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • City: London
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Alek Safarian
  • Industries: Healthcare, Biotech, Health & Wellness, Life Sciences, Social
  • Stages: Other
  • Maximum check size: £5,000,000
  • Number of investments: 6
  • Number of exits: 0
  • Funds raised: £59,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Promatix, Montis Biosciences, Epsilogen

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at enquiries@alsaventures.com.

59) Maslin Capital

Maslin Capital

Based in Bangladesh, Maslin Capital is an investment that provides venture funds to early-stage startups.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Bangladesh
  • City: Dhaka
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Wali Ul Maroof Matin
  • Industries: Social, Internet & Mobile, Education, Healthcare, Climate & Sustainability, Agriculture
  • Stages: Early Stage
  • Maximum check size: ৳1,000,000
  • Funds raised: ৳100,000,000
  • 3 remarkable investments: Socian, E-Desh

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@maslincapital.com.

60) Kusto Vietnam

Kusto Vietnam

Since 2005, Kusto is a Vietnamese corporate venture fund.

Details of the VC firm:

  • Country: Vietnam
  • City: Ho Chi Minh City
  • Started in: 2005
  • Founders: Yerkin Tatishev
  • Industries: Construction, Supply Chain & Logistics, Proptech & Real Estate, Social
  • Stages: Growth, Late Stage
  • Funds raised: $50,000,000

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at contact@kusto.com.vn.

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